Critical Care

Capnography monitors the ventilation of the postoperative patient. It is a reliable measure of ventilation for postoperative sedation and hypoventilation.

Capnography can detect hypoventilation during sedation and is a sensitive indicator of ventilatory and respiratory efficiency before oxygen desaturation occurs.

Benefits of capnography in critical care monitoring include:

• Detects apnea immediately, regardless of supplemental oxygen administration, and provides an earlier warning than pulse oximetry
• Helps clinicians make decisions on weaning patients from mechanical ventilation and titrating pressure support
• Provides a continuum of care of ventilation monitoring from intubated patients during mechanical ventilation to monitoring the weaning of the patient from the ventilator

Studies show the growing clinical importance of capnography

Why Microstream®?

Only Microstream capnography has:

• Innovative patient interface technology that reliably samples etCO₂ in both oral and nasal breathers
• Superior measurement technology provides an accurate, reliable and easy to use assessment of your patient’s breathing

Standards & Guidelines